Spanish Meatballs In Tomato Sauce

Ready in : 45 mins

You can never have too many European recipes, so give Spanish Meatballs In Tomato Sauce a try. This recipe serves 20. One serving contains 137 calories, 6g of protein, and 9g of fat. For 60 cents per serving, this recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. 11 person have made this recipe and would make it again. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes. This recipe from Foodista requires parsley, sandwich bread, salt and pepper, and egg. It works well as a hor d'oeuvre. It is a good option if you're following a dairy free diet. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 28%. This score is not so tremendous.

Diets

DAIRY FREE

Ingredients

bay leaf

1

garlic

2 cloves

ground beef

1 pound

olive oil

1 cup

olive oil

2 tablespoons

onion

0.5 cup

half an onion

20 servings

parsley

2 tablespoons

pimenton de la vera

1 pinch

salt and pepper

20 servings

sugar

1 teaspoon

tomatoes

600 g

sandwich bread

4 slices

egg

1 large

Cooking in Steps

1
Start by making the tomato sauce.Finely chop 1 onion.Peel 600g of tomatoes with a serrated peeler. Chop the peeled tomatoes into small pieces.

canned whole tomatoes

tomato sauce

tomato

onion

peeler
2
Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a sauce pan.

olive oil

sauce pan
3
Add the chopped onions.

onion
4
Add a pinch of Pimenton de la Vera (Dulce), which is Spanish smoked sweet paprika. I used 1/4 teaspoon.

pimenton de la vera

sweet paprika
5
Add more if you prefer the sauce to be spicy.
6
Add the chopped tomatoes to the onions mixture and stir well to combine.

tomato

onion
7
Add 1 fresh bay leaf. I used 2 dried pieces here because I couldnt find fresh ones.

fresh bay leaves
8
Add 1 teaspoon of sugar andd salt and pepper to taste. I added 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper. Adjust seasoning to taste.Cover the sauce pan and reduce the heat to a medium-low and let the tomato mixture simmer gently till it reduces to a sauce like consistency.In the meantime, make the meatballs by adding 1/2 an onion to a food processor.

ground black pepper

salt and pepper

meatballs

seasoning

tomato

onion

sugar

salt

food processor

sauce pan
9
Add 2 cloves of garlic. I used 1 tablespoon of minced garlic. Process till the onions and garlic are finely chopped.Sweat the onion-garlic mixture in a frying pan with some olive oil. I just realised that I had missed this step. The meatballs still tasted great.

minced garlic

meatballs

olive oil

clove

garlic

onion

frying pan
10
Add the onion-garlic mixture to 500g ground beef in a mixing bowl.Slice off the crust of 4 slices of white bread.

ground beef

white bread

garlic

onion

mixing bowl
11
Cut the soft white bread into small cubes of 1cm all round.

white bread
12
Add the chopped bread to the beef mixture.

bread

beef
13
Add 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley. Use Italian flat parsley where possible. I couldnt find any, so I used English parsley.

parsley
14
Add 1 large egg.

egg
15
Add salt and pepper to taste. I used approximately 1/4 teaspoon of salt and a pinch of black pepper.

salt and pepper

black pepper

salt
16
Mix well to combine.Shape the meat mixture into balls that are slightly bigger than the size of a golf ball size.

meat
17
Roll the meat tightly to form meatballs.

meatballs

meat

roll
18
Add 3/4 cup of olive oil to frying pan. The layer of oil should be approximately 3/4cm in the pan.

olive oil

cooking oil

frying pan
19
Put the pan on medium-high heat and add the meatballs to the oil. Gently roll them around in the oil to brown all surfaces and ensure even cooking.When the meatballs are a deep golden brown, remove them from the frying pan and set aside.The tomatoes-onion mixture should have reduced to a sauce consistency now. You can use a hand blender to puree the mixture. Or leave the small bits of tomatoes and onions as they are.

meatballs

tomato

onion

roll

cooking oil

immersion blender

frying pan
20
Add the meatballs to the tomato sauce and let the meatballs warm through.

tomato sauce

meatballs
21
Garnish with more chopped parsley.

parsley